The heartbreaker
0.0232
points from the title
Came within 0.0232 points of the Grand Championship at Bands & BBQ at the Point (2021-09-10).
R&K BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1535
peak 1535 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-09-13
latest 2022-09-09
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 17%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
623.71
last 3 Backyard vs avg 623.71 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
and counting
Consistency
±21.52
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.84 · weakest Chicken (153.47)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)
Purse competed for
$27K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
623.71 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (5 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Happy hunting ground
Top 17%
average finish here
Bands & BBQ at the Point is their spot: an average finish in the top 17% across 3 visits.
- 3 visits
- best finish 2nd
- average top 17%
High-water mark
642.2512
career-best overall
178.4% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 642.2512 at Bands & BBQ at the Point — 178.4% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2022-09-09
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of WeQ4U in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Bands & BBQ at the Point (2021-09-10).
- last seen 2019-09-13
- back 2021-09-10
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
R&K BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 63 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2069 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2082 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
Level with R&K BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2086 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before R&K BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2074 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after R&K BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#2081 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1543
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2080 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before R&K BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 132.4800 | 153.47 | top 25% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 161.7256 | 153.0856 | 158.84 | top 26% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 166.8456 | 149.7028 | 156.38 | top 24% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 158.2628 | 149.6572 | 155.02 | top 24% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bands & BBQ at the Point | 3 | 2 | 0 | top 17% | 2022-09-09 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2019-09-13 → 2022-09-09
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KY
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 158.84 · weakest Chicken (153.47)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
100%
3 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests — and still running
Backyard average
623.71
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
91
110–24 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1570
average field rating faced — tougher than 55% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$27,000
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-09-13 → 2021-09-10
Power rating
1535
peak 1535 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Bands & BBQ at the Point
- First call Bands & BBQ at the Point
- First overall top-10 Bands & BBQ at the Point
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score593.5428 Bands & BBQ at the Point
- 2021
- First overall podium Bands & BBQ at the Point
- First Reserve Championship Bands & BBQ at the Point
- 2022
- Career-best overall score642.2512 Bands & BBQ at the Point
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.6800 Bands & BBQ at the Point
- Peak power rating (1535) Bands & BBQ at the Point
- Most recent contest Bands & BBQ at the Point
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.9 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | 2021-09-10 |
| +12 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | 2022-09-09 |
| +7.1 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | 2019-09-13 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 16% | 178.4% | 178.4% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 7% | 176.5% | 176.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 29% | 164.9% | 164.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-09 | Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY | 5 / 32 (642.2512) | 6 (169.6800) | 6 (161.7256) | 12 (152.5828) | 12 (158.2628) |
| 2021-09-10 | Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY | 2 / 28 (635.3368) | 5 (158.2628) | 13 (153.0856) | 3 (166.8456) | 6 (157.1428) |
| 2019-09-13 | Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY | 8 / 28 (593.5428) | 11 (132.4800) | 4 (161.7028) | 7 (149.7028) | 4 (149.6572) |